Temperate Deciduous Forests and Leaves…

Who Am I?

I am a forest, I am trees, I am leaves, I am the sum of all my parts…

I am a deciduous forestland with an over story made up of 20-30 m tall trees, an under story of 5-10 m trees and shrubs, a shrub layer around 1-2 m high, and a ground layer of herbaceous plants.

Where In the World…???

Found between polar and tropic regions in the mid-latitudes

For those of us who do not speak in latitudes, that means places such as Eastern United States, Canada, Europe, China, Japan

The Chain In the Hood

My Average Climate

Because of its location, it experiences fours seasons Temperatures range from -30° C to 30° C, but my

average temperature is 0° C. My temperatures are not usually very extreme, thus “temperate”, but my temperature can get below freezing during the winter,

Average precipitation is between 750-1500mm per year

I am the second most rainy biome, after the RAINforest

How Humans Use and Abuse It

We use it to… Conserve our natural wildlife and plant lifeWe abuse it by…Using timber and causing deforestation and

pollution by burning fossil fuels.